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Visual Attention in Joint Attention Bids: A Comparison Between Toddlers with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Typically Developing Toddlers
This study further examined whether visual attention in joint attention Area of Interests (AOIs) is related to cognitive, language, and motor development in participants. Participants included 56 toddlers with ASD and 56 TD toddlers, aged 18-36 months. A passive viewing paradigm was used to assess participants' visual attention across four different joint attention conditions. Study results showed that toddlers with ASD displayed limited visual attention towards joint attention AOIs, Target, Face, and Target and Face AOIs, in all conditions. As the joint attention cues increased from Condition 1 to Condition 4, toddlers wi...
Source: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders - February 12, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Selda Ozdemir Isik Akin-Bulbul Erol Yildiz Source Type: research

Retraction Note: Audio-Visual Automatic Speech Recognition Towards Education for Disabilities
J Autism Dev Disord. 2024 Feb 13. doi: 10.1007/s10803-024-06278-6. Online ahead of print.NO ABSTRACTPMID:38347250 | DOI:10.1007/s10803-024-06278-6 (Source: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders)
Source: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders - February 12, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Saswati Debnath Pinki Roy Suyel Namasudra Ruben Gonzalez Crespo Source Type: research

Exploring the Use of the Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) in Special Education Settings
This study contributes new information regarding the real-world use of PECS in educational settings and offers new insights for supporting practitioners.PMID:38341815 | DOI:10.1007/s10803-023-06194-1 (Source: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders)
Source: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders - February 11, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Richard J May Hira Salman Sean J O'Neill Louise Denne Corinna Grindle Richard Cross Emily Roberts-Tyler Isabelle Meek Catherine Games Source Type: research

Social Anhedonia Accounts for Greater Variance in Internalizing Symptoms than Autism Symptoms in Autistic and Non-Autistic Youth
CONCLUSION: This was the first study to tease out the relative importance of social anhedonia and autism symptoms in understanding psychiatric symptoms in autistic youth. Findings revealed higher rates of social anhedonia in autistic youth. Our results indicate that social anhedonia is an important transdiagnostic trait that plays a unique role in understanding co-occurring depression and social anxiety in autistic youth. Future research should utilize longitudinal data to test the transactional relationships between social anhedonia and internalizing symptoms over time.PMID:38340278 | DOI:10.1007/s10803-024-06266-w (Sourc...
Source: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders - February 10, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Alan H Gerber Jason W Griffin Cara M Keifer Matthew D Lerner James C McPartland Source Type: research

The Lighter Touch: Less-Restriction in Sequentially Implemented Behavioral Sleep Interventions for Children with Rare Genetic Neurodevelopmental Conditions
CONCLUSIONS: Less restrictive function-based behavioral strategies are an effective, and in some cases sufficient, contribution to a sequence of interventions for a range of sleep difficulties. They should be implemented first, before more restrictive strategies.PMID:38324170 | DOI:10.1007/s10803-024-06234-4 (Source: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders)
Source: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders - February 7, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Emma C Woodford Laurie K McLay Karyn G France Neville M Blampied Source Type: research

Simulated Contact and Attitudes Toward Autistic Adults: Effects of Gender of the Autistic Adult and Mediation by Intergroup Anxiety
CONCLUSION: These findings lend further support for imagined contact as a method to improve attitudes toward autistic individuals, identify intergroup anxiety as a mediator and begin to demonstrate some situations, such as imagining a female-identifying autistic individual, where imagined contact may not be effective in changing attitudes.PMID:38326492 | DOI:10.1007/s10803-023-06220-2 (Source: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders)
Source: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders - February 7, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Lydia F Bierce Cheryl L Dickter Joshua A Burk Source Type: research

Longitudinal Follow-Up Study of Social Intervention Outcomes for Children on the Autism Spectrum
This study tested longer-term maintenance of effects for children who completed both interventions. A total of 103 children (ages 6-12 years) on the autism spectrum enrolled and 102 completed the initial RCT. Following the summer social intervention, 90 children from the original RCT completed the longer-term follow-up study. In addition to baseline and posttest in the initial RCT, children from both groups were tested at three follow-up points (five total testing points). At the time of first longitudinal follow-up testing, the children were 1.25-4.25 years post-intervention (ages 8-15 years). Longitudinal multilevel mode...
Source: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders - February 7, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Christopher Lopata Marcus L Thomeer Jonathan D Rodgers James P Donnelly Jennifer Lodi-Smith Source Type: research

Valence and Intensity of Emotional Expression in Autistic and Non-Autistic Toddlers
CONCLUSION: Findings emphasize that differences may be more apparent in duration, rather than intensity of emotional expression, and that it may be particularly important to examine periods of "neutral" affect in young autistic children. Future research should consider the best ways to understand emotional reactivity in this population considering their unique interests, challenges, and communication styles.PMID:38315319 | DOI:10.1007/s10803-024-06268-8 (Source: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders)
Source: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders - February 5, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Jessie B Northrup Carla A Mazefsky Taylor N Day Source Type: research

Atypical Impact of Action Effect Delay on Motor Performance in Autism
J Autism Dev Disord. 2024 Feb 5. doi: 10.1007/s10803-023-06227-9. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTAtypical sensory perception and motor impairments are primary features of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) that indicate atypical development and predict social and non-social challenges. However, their link is poorly understood. Sensory perception is often integrated with motor processes when a sensory effect is temporally contiguous with the motor response. Such sensory-motor coupling further improves motor behavior. Previous studies indicate alterations in sensory perception of action-effect temporal contiguity in ASD, which ba...
Source: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders - February 5, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Noam Karsh Marissa Hartston Bat-Sheva Hadad Source Type: research

Examining the Authenticity of Autistic Portrayals in US Adult and Children's Television Shows Using Medical and Social Models of Disability
This study explores how autistic portrayals across six adult and children's television programs align with the medical (e.g., American Psychiatric Association in Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders, 5th ed., text rev., 2022, https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.books.9780890425787 ) and social models of disability. A content analysis methodology was used to investigate defining characteristics of autism (i.e., medical model) and how characters navigated their environment (i.e., social model) in 252 scenes (across six characters in 22 episodes). Measures included the frequency with which autism characteristics (e....
Source: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders - February 1, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Willow S Sauermilch Michelle L Ivey Eric E Rasmussen Christina J Najera Source Type: research

Initial Psychometric Properties of the Catalight Family Wellbeing Scale
CONCLUSIONS: The initial psychometric properties of the Catalight Family Wellbeing Scale are positive and support the use of the scale for families who have a child with I/DD across a diverse sample.PMID:38300503 | DOI:10.1007/s10803-024-06254-0 (Source: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders)
Source: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders - February 1, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Lindsey Sneed Ryan Taylor Ian Cook Michelle Befi Brianna Fitchett Doreen Samelson Vincent Bemmel Source Type: research

Sleep Quality and Evening Salivary Cortisol Levels in Association with the Psychological Resources of Parents of Children with Developmental Disorders and Type 1 Diabetes
CONCLUSIONS: Public health programs aimed at lifestyle habit improvement, respite care, and relaxation for parents of children with chronic conditions would be useful for improving parental sleep quality, self-esteem, optimism and happiness.PMID:38300504 | DOI:10.1007/s10803-024-06269-7 (Source: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders)
Source: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders - February 1, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Marija Ljubi čić Sonja Šare Ivana Kol čić Source Type: research

Publisher Correction to: Morphological Features of Language Regions in Individuals with Tuberous Sclerosis Complex
J Autism Dev Disord. 2024 Feb 1. doi: 10.1007/s10803-023-06098-0. Online ahead of print.NO ABSTRACTPMID:38300505 | DOI:10.1007/s10803-023-06098-0 (Source: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders)
Source: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders - February 1, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Banu Ahtam Hyuk Jin Yun Rutvi Vyas Rudolph Pienaar Josephine H Wilson Caroline P Goswami Laura F Berto Simon K Warfield Mustafa Sahin P Ellen Grant Jurriaan M Peters Kiho Im Source Type: research

Enhancing Diagnostic Follow-up and Care Coordination for Children with Autism in a Busy Resident Continuity Clinic: Leveraging the Electronic Health Record
CONCLUSION: Through explicit scheduling pathways and a novel EHR template, we saw a significant increase in ASD-specific follow-up visits and implementation of best practices for ASD care, demonstrating a new process for training and engaging primary care providers in clear action steps for post-diagnostic care without having to rely on tertiary referrals.PMID:38289527 | DOI:10.1007/s10803-024-06253-1 (Source: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders)
Source: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders - January 30, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Laleh Bahrami Cara T Miller Holly Miller Kathryn L Carlson Tori E Foster Abhinaya Ganesh David Johnson Barron L Patterson Jeffrey F Hine Source Type: research

Correction: Autism Prevalence and the Intersectionality of Assigned Sex at Birth, Race, and Ethnicity on Age of Diagnosis
J Autism Dev Disord. 2024 Jan 30. doi: 10.1007/s10803-023-06210-4. Online ahead of print.NO ABSTRACTPMID:38289528 | DOI:10.1007/s10803-023-06210-4 (Source: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders)
Source: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders - January 30, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Jessica E Goldblum Tyler C McFayden Stephanie Bristol Orla C Putnam Amanda Wylie Clare Harrop Source Type: research